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  • You think it's just another Ihsahn black metal masterpiece, then 2:44 hit and he's like "Fuck genres." with that clean neck slide.

  • Ihsahn is easily my favorite musician.

  • @thegravelesssoul It's so hard to have a favorite sometimes...but I agree that he is incredible. I just love how proggy his solo stuff is.

  • \m/ Love this track

  • Ihsahn was definetly the driving force in emperor when it came to writing music. All the same, his solo stuff is awesome but I still wish Emperor was still together

  • ¡brutal!

  • one of the best musicians to have ever existed

  • ihsahn is the best thing ever happened to black metal

  • Ihsahn IS Emperor.

    Musically superior. What a genius.

  • love the brutal part 1:14

  • \m/

    Insahn is a genius

  • Thumbs up who is seeing them at Bloodstock

  • Bloodstock 2011.

  • @RadBrad13

    This has added to the already amazing line up. Big time!

    I am attending, backstage. I am a lucky bastard :o

  • @RadBrad13 Sorry I meant to thumb up but accidently thumbed down. :/

  • @TheRationalRant You can just thumbs up after you thumbs down and it changes.

  • I was gonna mention Horde!!!

    LOL!!!!! That was corny to me to say the least, but I liked the raw production, even if the guitar work was sub-par.

    I will say though that he has grown a helluvalot since then... Listen to his new material (in Inexordium). He is crushing on drums and the message isn't preachy or evangelistic at all!!!!

  • but, about Ihsahn, the guy is one of my favorite musicians/songwriters right now!!!

  • and my thing is.... what else are they gonna sing about except what they know!

    but.... a look at Extol's and especially Antestor's lyrics sans music just shows that they address and experience the same hate, pain, sorrow, joy, religious challenges including hating religious authorities-whatever else as anyone else in the Black Metal scene, they just happen to ALSO believe that there is a God who is the solution to those problems.

  • Come suffering, apocalypse, release the fires of hell,

    I call upon destruction and despair.

    Here in the days of slumber end, I beckon the fire - to live

    and overcome the fear.

  • #nowplayingmusic- ihsahn gostei do som do ex - emperor

  • I can't believe I am going to be able to see this live in 3 months

  • past changing fast remastered listen on myspace/kailashofficial

  • Just ordered this album - a tad late perhaps! Got the other two though, they're both amazing so hopefully this one is as good. Ihsahn>Emperor? Discuss lol

  • @Al266667 I honestly don't see his solo stuff being better than Emperor, nor do I see it the other way either. They are both masterful entities on the same playing field and both create equally amazing music. I mean, honestly, with Ihsahn's complete control over the production of the final Emperor album, you could basically count that as his first solo album (in spirit). Hell, his solo stuff is pretty much where Emperor could've gone if they were still releasing new music.

  • Fireeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee UHH! :)

  • He will always do good music...

  • i love this fucking guy

  • OJALA SAQUEN NUEVO DISCO , !! LA NETA PINCHE IHSAHN VIEN CONTOÑO.. !!

    

  • He reminds me a lot of Extol's Ole Borud! He does more brutal death vocs than Ole but Ole does better clean vox/harmonies! Both also experiment with a bunch of different styles of music but always remain prograssive!

  • @dapianoman76 *sigh* No offense, but I can't help but think that the idea of making black-derivative metal for the purpose of drawing people to Christianity is wholly dishonest to the very ethos of the music. Go listen to your Extol and Antestor if you please, but most Ihsahn fans are going to find it rather insulting that you imply a) they can't see how aesthetically bad it is, and b) that hearing some Norwegian bloke praising Jebus will convert them to the system that black metal so despises.

  • @idreamofur I have been an Extol and an Antestor fan for years, and I just see it as artists singing about what they relate to. Extol and Antestor have never had "preachy" lyrics! I never listened to them and felt like I needed to be drawn to Christianity, same with Emperor.... Never felt drawn to Satanism or Athiesm from listening to them. As far as I am concerned, all three bands represent good art from different perspectives and walks of life!

  • @dapianoman76 Reading my reply again, I realize I was overly abrasive. So let me clarify. I fully support the rights of artists to make music with whatever message they want in whatever way they want, but I find it very fishy whenever Christian bands (as opposed to bands who happen to be Christian) enter into a very irreligious scene and adopt the style and atmosphere of the music while pushing an evangelical Christian message. I think it goes beyond the music and into bringing souls to Jesus.

  • @idreamofur

    Just like someone said a while back (can't remember who...)

    "There are 8 notes in a scale, show me the satanic one". On the same note, I say "show me the Christian one!

    I am sure that Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven faced the same kind of controversies and criticisms back in the day. Good and bad art (and raw talent) will speak for themselves and should be appreciated as such.

  • @dapianoman76 And I really want to stress that I'm not dissing Christian artists. I just think that if you are going to make a band whose chief message is a Christian one, black metal is not the place to go. Obviously, Beethoven was a religious man who wrote quite a bit of excellent religious music. But he didn't buy a turban and write a bunch of bland middle-eastern music to reach out to the infidels. And I don't think that Extol would deny that they want to bring souls to Christianity.

  • ...Some Christian (AND NON CHRISTIAN) bands should not ever associate themselves with or call themselves black metal-not even because of lyrical content, but because the quality of music and musicianship is so horrid that it is an insult to the genre.... I won't even mention most "death core" or whatever other "core" bands are out there! Read Extol's interviews, they say they never wanted to be an evangelist band. And; "Undecieved", "Burial", & "The Forsaken" are 3 classic extreme metal albums!

  • @dapianoman76 We'll just agree to disagree then. You do make good points about them having somewhat varied and genuine lyrical content, as opposed to, say, Horde (Invert the Inverted Cross? Really?). But I have to insist on the whole concept of religious certitude being antithetical to what I would argue is the heart of Black Metal - self-empowerment. The most flamboyant strains of Satanism and Paganism are still symbolic in nature - there is no bowing to a greater authority than oneself.

  • @idreamofur

    I agree with a lot of what you say too man!

    I think that mutual respect while agreeing to disagree is perfectly fine! Your life, with or without belief, is your unique journey and self empowerment or self destruction is up to individuals. My pooint is that a lot of self empowerment is really self destruction and that's all too true in music no matter what you do or don't believe in. Thankfully, Ihsahn, unlike most of his former bandmates, excelled instead of self destructing!

  • @dapianoman76 very well said

  • Black metal Dandy.

  • @007Pogo No, he's the Black Metal DANNY!

  • @Jertsukka Finnish pun intended...

  • Ihsahn is just amazing.

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  • @AdulElRazad Oh yeah, because you know Opeth is a horrible band. He should do something with Three days grace instead.

  • @urmamaismyhomeboy No, no. Maybe Linkin Park would be better idea. :D

  • This isn't even good.

  • @TheTwinsGhettoTV thats what you think,you probably like that bullshit rap singing poetry,,,

  • Ihsahn is one of the biggest musical geniuses to come out of the black metal scene...whether it's Emperor or his solo project, everything he does is brilliant :)

  • emo people will always sound like the are whining because,well.........their emo and they are pussies.

  • Sounds like slipknot...

  • @vef444 wOoOoOw u are an excellent poser my friend... i respect Slipknot but.... well seriuosly u need a fucking dick...

  • @DKRONOS So is it bad that it sounds like that?....your a poser.

  • @vef444 well if im a poser u are an emo....poser :) hhe get something to do instead of making stupid comments....and get a dick inside you ;) fagg Slipknot is different shit... first Slipknot is for posers like u :) second Slipknot is nothing but a group of men wearing cool masks and making noise with their guitarrs... third i think your comment is stupid and offensive for Ihsahn... :) mIm wanker

  • @DKRONOS u poor n0b

  • @vef444 u poor retarded

  • @DKRONOS go away I am emo

  • @vef444 i have nothing with emo music, the real things is that i like it...but, Jesus!!! stop saying stupid things!!!!... u r almost 30 years old...Seriously..u need to groOow

  • @DKRONOS I am 20.

  • @DKRONOS @DKRONOS Ok, I apologize for my behaviour. Everyone has different tastes in music. And we should respect that.

  • @DKRONOS ...ok if you want to know my age..well im 17 and i also apologize... i like metal(all the bands, all the genres) and I respect emo gothic rap lalala all music....well reggayton i think is the only one i hate....i think posers make music look bad...they only appear to be but they do not feel the music... it is why i got angry with ur comment...sorry dude...

  • @DKRONOS Well I feel the same. Oh, who cares....That's ok, dude.

  • @vef444 hha :) ok

  • @vef444 Slipknot, WTF dude!?!?

  • thumbs up if you think Ihsahn beats Mayhem and Burzum both!

  • "Black operatic metal" az, it should be !! Isahn leaves Burzum & Marduk for dead !!

  • The king of black !!!

  • LET IT ALL COME DOWN!!!!

  • ihsahn

  • Ihsahn rules!! gonna see him/them on wacken this year!

  • its great how the breakdown at 1:15 shows pictures spanning his entire career

  • @breakthispleeez tats not a breakdown

  • @SlayerMaidenEnemy oh i do apologize

  • @breakthispleeez it's all good, but for future reference though, a breakdown is when the music slows down not speeds up =)

  • Metal God!

  • 3;23 sounds like layne staley RIP layne

  • I'm trying to learn this by ear. Not easy. I play it in a half step down from E and I have a bit of the intro & 1:14 - 1:55 down so far...

  • Sounds like emperor got neutered

  • @HeyYoKillEmo Ihsahn pretty much WAS Emperor

  • epic fucking lyrics!!

  • LET IT ALL COME DOOOWWWWNNNNN!!!!!!!

  • ihsahn is a god

  • This band is like Opeth but like a notch above.. sick band man!

  • @mmafighter2727 No one beats opeth.

  • @RaDiCaLRyAn69 this band may not be but, emperor is way beyond opeth.

  • @RaDiCaLRyAn69

    As much as I like Opeth, I still favor Ihsahn.

  • @mmafighter2727 Yeah, I think I like Opeth a lot more, but Ihsahn is just like Opeth. Unclassifiable, like Devin Townsend's stuff. They're all geniuses anyway.

  • I love the ending, genious one.

  • He sounds different here than he did in emperor, still brilliant though :-D I like the video too ^^

  • Isahn is a beat of tr00 black metal ^^

  • Ihsahn is a god among men and 1 of my faves.

  • i really do love ihsahn's solo work...initially his latest album, 'after', which is probably one of the best albums of the forthcoming decade for definite\m/

  • im not really a fan of the vocals but i could get used to them. this is the 1st time if heard Ihsahn. Everything else is fuckin cool though

  • what the fuck is wrong with Leave's Eyes?  Seriously, stop aruging over bands and just listen to the band that's playing, Ihsahn, fuck me...

  • @TheBloodOrchid You want Ihsahn to fuck you? Can't say I approve, but I guess you're both consenting adults...i'm rootin for ya buddy! lol

  • @skyskraper31 no man, I'm just saying its ridiculous that people are arguing over bands that aren't even playing. what I was saying was people need to stop arguing. If people don't like a vid they shouldn't watch it. I'm not gay. I did phrase my last comment oddly though.

  • this is fucking sick

  • Excellent, different of emperor but so good to me, this guy is a genius of music (and i don't speak only about metal). Best musician ever exept mikael akerfeld

  • Ha ha, I'm listening to people argue about metal on teh Internet!

  • @gimmickless how can you listen to arguing on youtube

  • Its not really supposed to compare to Nightside Eclipse. . its more in vein of their Prometheus album that was the direction he was headed with his music.

  • @abysmal1

    I was referring to quality,. Since this new music was made by one of the founders Emperor, it's only natural to compare it to their early work.

  • i don't think that any of the guys from emperor really want to be their own little brothers from work they did more than ten years ago

  • None of this new crap compares to In The Nightside Eclipse

  • None of this new crap is supposed to sound like Emperor. Noob.

  • @HeathenMoon

    So you admit it's crap.

  • Dude you like Leaves' Eyes.

  • @HeathenMoon

    Yes I do; is there a problem?

  • How could someone dare to judge anything as "crap" when they like Leaves' Eyes is a mystery to me but hey, to each one its own.

  • @HeathenMoon

    The real mystery here is how the liking of a completely unrelated band is relevant to my arguments here.

  • no one does it better

  • Great vocals..! \m/

  • I can't wait to hear his new album he's using 8-string guitars on its going to be Heavy.

  • @FilthyInsomniac it's friggen sweet. i love the saxophone.

  • 1:13 <------ I SAID GOD DAMN!!!!!!!!

  • ihshan its my master in the extreme metal

  • Write it "Ihsahn", not "Ihshan". You said it right. He's a extreme metal musician, too.

  • Vegard Tveitan is a black metal/prog metal, not death metal musician! :D

    But I like him.

  • I have a ton of respect for Ihsahn, and am hugely influenced by his musicianship. Looking forward to his new album.

  • @CountDraclecarde It is amazing! Best solo album yet.

  • 1:14........... All i gotta say, lol

    I'm toadally buying this

  • Damn this is pretty cool dood!

  • Ihsahn's new album comes out in January. It will own just like his other solo albums.

  • Ihsahn=Genius

  • He always is...

  • He should make something with Opeth.

  • most definately!about the opeth think I mean-I agree 100%!!(although I think they've already made sth together with Akerfeldt...I'm not sure though...)

  • they did,it's "unhealer" in angL

  • yeah,that's it!...

  • Or Akercocke.

  • He did a song with Opeth's singer Mikael Akerfeldt called Unhealer.

  • @TrickBott There's a song on this album with Mikael of Opeth.

  • I totally agree. Unhealer is just not enough to satisfy my craving for an ihsahn/opeth collaboration

  • @TrickBott

    No fucking way. This would definitely make him loose all his credibility.

    ©Sectarian Black metal fan inside.

  • @TrickBott Mike did do a song with him on his new album and it is INCREDIBLE!

  • @TrickBott Akerfeldt sang in Unhealer ^^

  • @TrickBott he has

  • @TrickBott Mike did a song with him on his angL album... forgot the song name

  • @VanceinyourPants Unhealer ;)

  • Każdy ma swoje zdanie kutasie,ja cenię Ishahna za jego całokształt współpracy i bardzo dobrze rozumiem twoją bluzgającą opinię ,penero!

  • of course this isn't black metal(thank god for that)-that's why you can actually hear/distinguish the guitar and all the other instruments.actually the guitar and drum sound are awesome in this,so warm and clear/shiny!-way better than the overdestorted/muddy crappy-ass production most black metal bands have...Ihsahn is a music genius!-his talent goes way beyond the limits of plain black metal...

  • I agree with you about this song, but I think that the bad production black metal has its charm.And yeah - Ihsahn is very good musician!

  • how the hell are you gonna trash black metal yet hail Ihsahn at the same time?

  • Well.. all I would say is that it's kinda dick to trash Black Metal but like Ihsahn's solo stuff- you should appreciate everything in his catalog including all of Emperor, especially the pure early age Emperor that he is known best for.

  • it's only a matter of taste man...me,I only dig his latest stuff-never liked old emperor...

  • @steveharrismetalgod

    In The Nightside Eclipse is GOLD ! how could you not like their old stuff ? ahhh its all good tho my friend =)

  • It's hard to find a good metal band in this time. Everyone is trying to copy someone, who is popular. I've been looking for something orginal for three days. Everywhere are Slipknot shit copies, Children of Bodom copies and gothic shit. For now Ihsahn is the third band that is different, even if the clean part is very simillar to Opeth. Mayby anyone would help me. I like Dimmu Borgir, Immortal, Limbonic Art, etc. Do you now something interesting for me?

  • try anaal nathrakh mayhem gorgoroth burzum those are some good bands

  • Thx. I know them, but there's too much chaos in their music. I like clean, powerful and epic sound. Mayhem mayby is a legend, but they sound like they were recording in my garage :) (mayby Chimera is different). HAIL BM!

  • try also Dissection,Naglfar,Graveworm,G­orefest,Hypocrisi "virus" album,Ex Deo,Septic Flesh,Sanctification,Dark Funeral...

  • Thx! I know most of them, but Sanctification is something new for me. I've found a band from 2005 called Lyfthrasyr. For now they have released 2 albums, but they are very good. And now I'm listening to Winds of Plague. Sounds nice too. AVE!

  • Try these bands: Gire (hun), Watch my Dying, Madder Mortem, Arcturus, Sear Bliss, Thy Catafalque (hun), Stormlord, Kovenant...

  • Sounds nice, I'll try them. Mayby Arcturus and Kovenant are litlle too industrial and it's hard to call them Black Metal, or even metal. Thx for help!

  • Arcturus industrial? Now that's an interesting opinion. O_o

  • Maybe the guy just heard of Disguised Masters ???

  • look up deathspell omega, mumakil, maruta, misery index, and other things.

  • Emperor, Inspell (check out their Myspace), Wolves In The Throne Room, Borknagar, stuff like that.

  • Check out MirrorThrone

  • I'm listening to it right now and I'm impressed. Thanks to all of you guys! BM FOREVER!

  • You know who Ihsahn is right? Of Emperor and stave church arson fame? One could argue that all but the three or four black metal bands centered around Mayhem, Darkthrone, and Emperor are all copies. I'm not doing that, but you could.

  • Ihsahn was not involved in the stave church arsons...that was Samoth, also of Emperor.

  • I was led to believe that Ihsahn was present for a number of them as well? And the main figure was Varg correct?

  • No, Ihsahn was not present. He steered clear of actively engaging in such actions.

  • And Tchort and Faust, also of Emperor.

    Ihsahn has stated that he valued his freedom to much to risk an action with consequences such as imprisonment.

  • i guess Immortal could be added to the list of "four"

  • Undoubtedly. I did not mean to give a full catalog, nor would I be able. I just blurted the most influential big namers on the tip of my tongue.

  • mayhem, bathory, burzum, satyricon, marduk

  • Ihsahn is fucking awesome